Bottle-capping machine.



B. ADRIANGE & A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED rBB.5, 1910.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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WITNESSES:

B. ADRIANCE & A. CALLESON. BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.' APPLICATION FILED FEB 5, 1910 Patented 0013.22, 1912.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 24 W/ TNE SSE S B. ADRIANGE L A. GALLESON.

BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.5, 1910.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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/NVE/VTGHS, W dau@ ATTORNEY.

UNITED sTaTEs/f BENJAMIN ADRIANCE AND AMOSCALLESON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEWv YORK; SAID GALLESON ASSIGNOR T0 SAID ADRIANCE. v

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To. all whom it may concem: y

Be it known'that we, BENJAMINADRIANCE and Amos CALnnsomcitizens of the United.

Our present invention relates to means for conducting bottle-caps or the like articles from a suitable source of supply in which they are indiscriminately disposed in quantity to the point where they are to be mechanically associated with other parts,

such as bottles, and for insuring the articles being properly faced when they reach such, point. v

-Our principal objects vare to simplify the construction and cheapen the costof manu-` facture of such mechanisms; to insure regular and reliable cooperation of the'various parts thereof to -the end that the articles being operated upon may be transmitted f from the source of supply to the point where they are to be delivered in as rapid sequence as the circumstances may require and with as little likelihood of jamming -or clogging as possible; and to render the mechanism practically completely automaticin4 operation, so that the attendant has no further care in connection therewith than merely to keep the supply replenished. Y

Our invention consists ina novel co struction of so much of a mechanism ofthe chute for conduct-ing the articles to thev point where they are to be operated upon and means for insuring the advance of the articles in orderly sequenceintotheir. correct position at the said point.- i

The invention is fully illustrated in the' I accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure l 1s a side elevation of a bottle' ,PATENT onnion.I

Patented oct, 2a, 1912.

' Application led February 5, 1310. Serial No,"542,297'.

' sealing machine vprovided with our improvements; Flg. 2 1s a front elevation, on a somewhat larger scale, of the hoppen-'chute and sealing head and accessory mechanism, v

certain parts appearing lin section; Fig. 3 isa side 'elevation of what is seen in'Fig. 2, certain parts being omitted; Figgl -is an underneath` plan v1ew of thev lower end of the chute; Fig. 5 shows in side elevation the i main actuating rod and the means attached thereto for keepingv the articles. advanced in the chute to the Vdelivery point; Fig. 6

shows the hopper and a fragment of the;

chute in-sidelevation, certain parts being broken away Aand :others ap earing in section;lFig. v7 is a substantia ly central vertical sectional view throughthe lhopperl and chute shown in Fig. 6; Fig.`8 is 'a side ele-` vation of a certain rotary disk appearing in Figs.' 2, 3, 6 and 7; and Figs. 9 and .10

driven, rotating freely on said shaft; da'

clutch, controlled by a lever e, whose construction 'and mode of operation it is not necessary herein to particularly describe 'further than to say that on'each actuation of are front and side elevations (the latterap-y` said lever a single complete rotation is transv mitted to the shaft, unless vthe, lever is ,heldv where moved, in which case the synchronous rotation of the shaft and. pulley is maintained; f a crank-,disk onl the front endfof tsaid shaftgg a' vertically sliding spindle suitably guided in the frame and 'carry' the bottle-rest h; z' a thrust-block bottled or otherwise secured to the lower end of the spindle andhaving attthe back thereof a. horizontal guide-way j' and k a block'slidf the thrust-block and f dle and the above-described` parts whereby avv reciprocating motion is transmitted-to" the;

through an opening o in' the housing. a; tov

to this arm isconne'cted, by a bolt y or otherwise,I the aforesaid actuating rod g which will be againA referredto. r is merely a .spindle from the lcrank disk are: inclo'se'd "waplate arranged to cover Vthe opening o, the

same being secured to the arm m.

lThe frame a comprises a standard a2 whose upper end terminates 1n a clamp a3 having a bolt or the like a4 for contracting said clamp into gripping relation with the stem a of a sealing head a of any desired type. rl`he upper end of the stem protrudes itv ` this casting is rounded, as at fw, and it follows substantially the shape of a cone, its` greater radius being at the front; the middle portion of the bottom yw is achannel lw also following substantially the form of a cone, though of less diameter than the first,

the greater radius of said channel being at the front. rllhe lowerportion of said casting is a depending substantially semi-circular ange w formed with a Hat base or seat y whichv may be bolted'or otherwise secured on a similar seat e on the upperend of the uprightt. Against the .frontopen Side of the casting o is secured a plate 1 having a forwardly projecting hub 2 whose axis is concentricv with the arc 3 representing the line of juncture between the front face of tion to which it stands spaced.

projectingrib 5 is formed on the flange a:A

the ange m and the 'curved surface of the channel w; the lower portion Il of the plateV 1 is semi-circular in form, though of less radius than that of the flange m with rela* A forwardly and against this is secured a semi-circular strip 6 with relation to which the portion d of the plate 1 is spaced, forming a semi-circular slot 7. The slot 7 and a series of holes 8 arranged in a semi-circular row in the portion 4 of the plate l permit visual inspection of the progress of the caps in the channel or space `formed between the portion l of the plate 1 and the front face of the Harige w.

lt will be understood that the parts@ and 1 constitute a hopper, the opening at the top of which may .be closed by a hinged cover 'u'. t 4

'lhe front face of the dange m has a semicircular groove 9 following the arc of a circle described about the axis ofthe hub 2, the same being therefore concentric with the arc 3 but of greater radius, so that its ends terminate at the are 10 which corresponds to dit . terior face of its Harige ai.

the edge formed between the curved surface of the bottom 'w of the casting o and the in- The deepest part of the groove 9 is at its outer perimeter. Mating `with the groove 9 and formed on the bacl of the portion d of the plate 1 is a ibaefoee cross-sectionally curved rib 11 which coincides in length with the length of the groove 9. rllhis groove and rib coact"with each other in such manner as to permit a cap falling down between the front face of flange w and theportion l of plate 1 to pass with freedom if the concave side of the cap is faced forwardly; if it is faced rearwardly, the cap will be'checlred, its flangeedge resting in the deep part of the groove 9.A A clear understanding of this part of the ap paratus may be obtained from our U. S. Patent No. 913,182.

Those caps which pass the coacting rib and groove either fall direct-ly through the centrally located passage 12 formed in the rib 5 or else come to rest on said rib,l along which they temporarily roll until by gravity they successively fall through said passage. rlhose caps which are rejected, z'. e., which cannot lpass the coa-cting groove and rib because they are improperly faced, are rolled along the deep partof the groove 9 upward-ly and discharged back into the body of the hopper. n

, In order to agitate the caps in the hopper and prevent them from clogging at the entrance from the body of the hopper to the space formed between flange :a and plate 1, and in order to return the rejected caps into the body of the hopper so that they will not obstruct said space and prevent the caps properly faced fromv passing therethrough, the following mechanism is provided: To a shaft 13 journaled in the hub 2 is fixed a .disk 14, having a rearwardly extending fin or blade 15 whose lower edge16 is formed at the same angle relatively to its axis as the angle represented by the bottom of the channel lw in the cross-section of the hopper, as seen in `lTig. 7; the iin has a downwardly extending finger 17 which projects between the groove 9 and rib 11.' Theshaft 13, together with thedisk, oscillates, and its oscillatory or rocking motion 'may be limited by a stud 18 formed on the front of the disk and penetrating an arc-shaped slot 19 formed in the portion l of plate 1 concentrically with the arc 3. ln order to prevent caps or other objects from falling between the disk 14 and plate 1, which are spaced so as to reduce friction, as shown in Fig. 7, an arc-shaped overhanging ledge 20 is formed on the plate l being, in effect, a continuation of the rib 11.4 As the disk oscillates its tin or blade 15 moves the caps held by gravity against the disk and on the advancing side of its En away from the lowest portion of the channel w', other caps descending to take their places. rl`hus mass ing of the caps at the outlet, with a consequent retard and possible checking of their escape into the outlet, is avoided, and at the same time those-caps which are checked by the outlet are cleared away' (returned in the present instance to the hopper) so as t0 leave the way through said outlet unobstructed by them,

21 is a pinion formed exteriorly of a sleeve 22 which is journa-led on the hub 2; the pinion is inclosed in a guard 23 attached to the plate 1. The portion of shaft 13 which protiudes from the hub is reduced, as at 24, and splined thereon are two metal disks 25 between which is arranged a friction disk of fiber or the like 26, the latter being secured in the end of the sleeve-22 by the pins 27.. The disk 26 is held pressed between the dis is 25 by va spiral spring 28 coiled between the outer disk 25 and an adjusting nut 29 on the reduced end of the shaft 13. The upper vend of the rod Q is formed as a rack 30 which meshes with the pinion 21. When this rack is reciprocated and the pinion thereby oscillated the disk 14 will be also oscillated; and although the advance" of the disk under the impulse of the rod g may be limited against further movement (either by the stud 18 engaging one end of the slot 19 or by the disk becoming jammed by the caps) before rod y has completed its movement, no damage can occur owing to the slip-friction-.grip transmissionmeans afforded by the disks 25 and 26. Rod g is kept engagedlwith the pinion by a guide 31 suitably secured to the front of the plate 1.

The front of the upright t is formed with a vertical groove 32 which coincides with the passa-ge 12; secured to the upright t in overlapping relation to the groove 32 are the spaced strips 33. Thus a chute is formed through which the caps descend in succession upon falling through the passage 12.

The lower end-portion 34 of the chuteforms a part of a detachable cast-ing cornprising a socket 35 which is fitted over the sealing-head a6 from below, the casting being held in place by a hook 36 carried by the upright t and engaging a pin 37 on the casting. The caps passing down the chute successively enter the socket 35 and upon entering said socket each is supported by an annular ring 38Y whose opening 39 is designed to admit the neck of the bottle, said ring being hinged to the casting and adapted to be held in its normal position by a latch 40,

On the rod q is a linger 41 having a vertical slot 42 and secured to the rod g by a screw 43 penetrating said slot. This finger is designed to ensure the advance of the lowermost cap to a posit-ion where it is properly disposed in the socket preliminarily to the sealing operation, and to this end it'is normally held projecting into the chute, which is open from top to bottom thereof.

In order to retain the finger in 4its working position, and particularly to cause it toA follow the curvature of the chute in the portion 34 of the latter, and also in order to cushion the iinger should the advance of the caps thereby be positively prevented for any reason, a spiral spring 44 is made to connect an outwardly projecting arm 45 on the top of the finger with a pin 46 on the rod, the slot 42 allowing the incidental upward movement of the finger at this time. An inclined shoulder 47 is formed onv the finger and adapted to wipe against a block 48 attached to the front of the chute asy the finger approaches its upward limit of movement with the rod g, so that the finger withdraws from the chute at this time to allow the'caps above it in the chute to feed down without obstruction. In a block 49 attached to the front of the chute is pivoted a lever 50 one end of whichis connected by a spring 51 with a stud 52 on the upright 25 and on the other end of which is secured, by a set screw 53, a spring arm 54 whose upper end 55 is bent rearwardly, entering the slot 7. A

.sage clear for the row of caps waiting to enter said passage at the other side of the arm; without it. two caps meeting over the passage 12 Vare likely to obstruct said pasrugated flanged type and are therefore likely tointerlock with -each other.l As the sudden movements of the arm 54 might occasionally return to th body of the hopper, caps which had alredy passed between groove 9 and rib 11, teps 57 are disposed between the plate 1 and ange at the ends of the groove 9 and ribs 5.

The general operation of the improved mechanism herein described will be at once apparent to those skilled in this art-in view of the foregoing description of the operations of the several organisms thereof. v Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim is:

1. The combination, with a receptacle tively elongated outlet for the articles eX- Isage, especially if the caps are of the corv tending across said depression, of an agitating member inclosed and movable within the receptacle and having a part thereof received by the outlet, substantiallyv as described.

2. The combination, with a receptacle having a depression in its bottom and a relativelyv elongated outlet for the articles extending across said depression, of a bladeshaped, agitating member movable within of the supply means, said shoulder beingA adapted to allow free passage of the articles through said outlet When the same are properly faced and to arrest said article When improperly faced, and means for advancing the articles checked by said shoulder along the latter intoy the interior of the supply means, substantially as described.

` 5. The combination, with Walls to support the articles spaced from each other to form a discharge passage and sloping toward each other, a checking member movable back and forth over said passage from a position at one side of and unopposed to said passage toy a position at the other side of and likewise unopposed to said passage, and means for effecting the back and forth movements of said member, substantially as described.

6. The combination of substantially con verging Walls spaced at their adjoining ends to form a passage and adapted to support the articles, a guideway communicating with said passage, a reciprocating means operat- ,ing to positively advance the articles in the guideway and an oscillating pivoted member controlled by said reciprocating member andcontrolling the admission of the articles to said passage, said pivoted member having a portion thereof projecting opposite said meente passage at the relatively inner side thereof and movable back and forth across t-he same, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a guide-Way for the articles, of means Vfor advancing the vartides in the guide-Waypcomprising a member reciprocating in thev direction of the length of the guideway, a part to engage the articles movable with said member and back- Wardly yielding With respect thereto and a' cushioning means interposed between said part and saidmember, substantially as described."

the articles, of means for advancing the articles in the guidevvay, comprising a member reciprocating in the direction of the length of the guidevvay, a part movable in said member toward and from the guideWa-y, and normally held toward the same, and means, disposed in the path` of movement of said part, for edecting its Withdrawal from the guide-Way, substantially as described.

. Y. 55, 8. rllhe combination, With a guideway. for

9. The combination, With a guidevvay for the articles, of means for advancing the art-icles in the guideway comprising a member reciproca-ting in the direction of the length of the guideWay, a part pivoted in said member and normally held toward the guidevvay, and a part disposed in the path of movement of the first part and adapted to effectthe Withdrawal thereof from the -guideway, substantially as described.

In testimony, that We claim the foregoing, We have hereunto set our hands this 2nd day of February, 1910'.

BENJAMIN ADRIANCE. AMOS CALLESON.

Witnesses:

VVLILLIAMy C. HORN, CHARLES R. GAY. 

